Stuttgart Region
My Vision of Leadership For me, leading people means loving them. I have the privilege of leading leaders — amazing teams of Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Managers and Engineers — within one of the most innovative automotive companies in the world. Every day, I work with men and women from across continents, bringing together diverse cultures, mindsets, and strengths. That’s why for me, diversity and inclusion aren’t just corporate values — they’re my daily reality. I also deeply believe in the power and grace of God. Every opportunity I receive, every step I take, is a reflection of His power, guidance and a contribution to the mission He has entrusted to me. In essence, my leadership is rooted in purpose, people, and faith — inspiring others not only to perform, but to grow, serve, and shine.
Department Responsible for the Cybersecurity and functional Safety teams worldwide at Valeo DETECT (Germany, France, China, India, Egypt, czech republic, USA, Japan). The product scope of Valeo DETECT includes Smart front Camera, Radars systems, Ultrasonic Sensor, Rain Light Sensor, VSS360 solutions including different sensor technologies, computing units, Advanced Driver Assistance (ADAS) Functions, safety functions to achieve the different levels of autonomous driving. The main part of my daily business is the global resource Management, Teambuilding, monitoring and guiding of the teamleaders, project cybersecurity Managers and project functional safety managers to deliver safe secure products with the right quality on time and on budget. Very important assets for the daily activities of my teams are the safety and cybersecurity standards and regulations such as ISO 26262, ISO 21434, ISO 21448, UNECE R155 / R156.
-Functional safety management for power steering systems in commercials vehicles, according to ISO 26262 -Security management for the power steering systems
Functional safety management for commercials vehicles, according to ISO 26262
- Requirements management and engineering according to ASPICE using DOORS (i.e. Analysis of customer requirements specification, creation of system specification, moderation of review and release meetings for the system specification, linking of the Requirements, coordination of Subsystem teams regarding requirement management activities) - Representative of requirement management for ASPICE Asssessments and for the customer - Coaching of colleagues for requirements management
- Functional safety management (ISO 26262) - System requirements management and engineering (especially for Embedded Systems) - Smarthome und smartgrids
Functional safety management for passengers vehicles according to ISO 26262: - Interface to the customer regarding Functional safety topics - Regular reporting to the management in France and Germany - Gap analysis against the functional safety standard ISO 26262 and implementation of derived measures (e.g. Initiation of a functional safety process and activities) - Creation of a functional safety guideline to formalise and support the sustainability of the defined process - Creation of templates for safety work products - Supplier management with respect to ISO 26262 - Creation of Items Definitions - Creation of Hazards analysis and risk assessment (HARA) - Initiation of vehicle controllability testing for the HARA - Creation of Safety plans and safety concepts - Implementation of safety analysis - Participation to Functional safety assessment according to ISO 26262 - Training of employees for functional safety according to ISO 26262
In this project, the feasibility Study of a European Supergrid and its implementation have been done. The main motivation behind a European Supergrid is the enhancement of the electrical power grid stability and the security of supply, to meet the growing energy demand in a context, where massive and unpredictable renewable energy sources are integrated in the electrical power generation. The idea of a Supergrid is to connect the renewable energy sources in Europe through a „super big grid“, so as to achieve a better management of shortage- as well as over-generation-period. My responsibilities were the following: - Research on European countries, grids and HVDC components: DC overlay grids, HVDC and converter technologies, high power transmission lines, renewable energy potential of various countries - Feasibility study of a DC grid in Europe: technical requirements and economic issues - Conception of a European VSC HVDC overlay grid model based on the results of the research: location and dimensioning of the components - Implementation and simulation in PSCAD; further simulations in NEPLAN - Analysis of the simulation results in MATLAB and Excel Used Tools: - PSCAD - NEPLAN - MATLAB - Microsoft EXCEL